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This comes directly from The New York Times. A version of this article ran on August 17, 2008 on page A1 of the New York edition. This was written by Erik Eckholm and Olga Pierce. You can find the...

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From IndoxConsulting.com: Using enoxaparin or heparin to bridge long-term anticoagulation therapy with warfarin for secondary stroke prevention has been associated with a high risk for serious...

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The rapid rise of the number of deaths by methadone overdose is receiving attention all over the country. Maurreen Skowran of The News & Observer reported on the increase of methadone deaths...

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Nevadans Heavy on Painkillers The Las Vegas Sun reported a disquieting article analyzing Nevadans consumption of prescription painkillers. The article reported that in Nevada, residents...

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The Reno Gazette reports that the State Health Division has fallen behind in inspecting surgical centers for more than 10 years and has failed to inspect half of all centers over the past six years as is called for by Federal guidelines.More specifically, State inspectors failed to inspect 22 of Nevada's 50 surgical centers over the last six years and at least one center has gone without...

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I've been travelling for depositions the last few days while the story of deficiencies among ambulatory surgery centers has been brewing.What's clear from the recent publicity regarding surgery centers other than the infamous Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada is that not so much is clear. Apparently when the State determined that as many as 40,000 people who visited the Southern Nevada house...

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Here's a great link to the Las Vegas Review Journal's Clearinghouse page of links. Highly recommended! Review Journal Links on Hepatitis Scarel

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According to an article from PBS: Newshour Extra dated March 7, 2008, a number of parents are blaming vaccinations for the emergence of autism in their children.Parents are filing their cases in a "federal vaccine court," which was set up to protect vaccine makers from bankruptcy. If the vaccination companies are found at fault, the award plaintiffs will come from a government fund and not from...

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I used to live in Taiwan and I've travelled back and forth to Mainland China many times.The Chinese do things in subtle ways sometimes.For years now, China has felt the pressure of U.S. criticism of Chinese safety standards.This is why it comes as little surprise that China is now running stories in the Chinese press about LOW AMERICAN SAFETY STANDARDS. We shoot at them; they seek out...

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This comes to me once again from Susan Gallagher, Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts:Dipak K. Desai, M.D., was re-elected to the position of Secretary-Treasurer of the board. Dr. Desai practices in Las Vegas and has served on the board since September 1, 1993, having just been re-appointed by Governor Miller for his second four-year term. In his capacity as...

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I discussed Dipak Desai, MD, several blogs ago in some detail.The following useful article was referred to me by Susan E. Gallagher, an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts:Nevada Law Journal Article on Dipak Desai Medical MalpracticeBack tomorrow with the promised article on why this case of what appears to be plain and substantial medical malpractice reflects what a disaster...

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The following important public health information is reprinted from the Southern Nevada Heatlh District www.southernnevadahealthdistrict.com The Southern Nevada Health District is advising patients who received injected anesthesia medication at the Endoscopy Center of Nevada (700 Shadow Lane) of a risk for possible exposure to hepatitis C and other bloodborne pathogens. The health district is...

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Alright, let's get into this.The subject of controversy is an entity known as Southern Nevada Endoscopy Center.The Nevada Secretary of State indicates two limited liability companies registered under that name, both active:The first reflects that Clifford Carrol, MD and the Hari Om Limited Partnership are officers.The second company, which has the same name but is listed as Endoscopy Center of...

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You know, you might think that you could go the Center for Disease Control website and get some update on what certainly appears to be a full-blown health care crisis in Las Vegas (40,000! Exposed? That's a big number! And that's a preliminary number...). But the CDC website, at least from my look around just now, is more about some form of static and slow thing. There may be something...

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As many as 40,000 infected with Hep C in what looks like a potential mass negligence case against an endoscopy center and possibly a products manufacturer. Stay tuned to this blog and I will bring you extensive independently researched details on this developing case.

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